A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and EthicsE. Mellen Press, 1990 - 508 Seiten This study examines death and its impact on human thinking from a biological and historical viewpoint. It finds that fear of death is the motive behind the human need to accomplish anything. It also discusses care of the terminally ill, mercy killing, suicide, and the death penalty. |
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... punishment ( because of the small chances of being caught ) . In other words , it could have been a question of not enough punishment rather than inability of the death penalty to deter . What about Mr. Hespel ? We do not know the ...
... punishment ( because of the small chances of being caught ) . In other words , it could have been a question of not enough punishment rather than inability of the death penalty to deter . What about Mr. Hespel ? We do not know the ...
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Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi. murder rates have no capital punishment . Wisconsin is often used as an example . Between 1941 and 1946 , the state , which did away with capital punishment more than one hundred years ...
Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi. murder rates have no capital punishment . Wisconsin is often used as an example . Between 1941 and 1946 , the state , which did away with capital punishment more than one hundred years ...
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... punishment was to do just so . In another version , he was so punished because he was guilty of cruelty or because of a pact with the Devil.8 Ghostly hunters who ride through the sky on stormy nights announcing evil with their ...
... punishment was to do just so . In another version , he was so punished because he was guilty of cruelty or because of a pact with the Devil.8 Ghostly hunters who ride through the sky on stormy nights announcing evil with their ...
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Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
Urheberrecht | |
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